St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-03
NNEAPOElS ALL SORTS.

If, as an esteemed evening paper puts ii,
st. Paul should lose the capitol because she
is mot IN accord with the sentiment of the
state on hlgh license" what show would Min
neapolis stand? On test vote before the
people OF Minneapolis between high license
and reasonable license, the latter would pre-
vail three to one.
The rich red straw berry of spring has
reached Minneapolis This is not the juicy
standard strawberry which hides its light
within tin can, but a real natural berry
1resh from Florida. 1t is flushed with sur
prise at being here and the vender is flushed
with misgiving when he receives the price.
The cost Of one berry would furnish meal
for modest family.
{. 5. Branch writes the GLOBE from Park
River OAK, that it is true he has invented
an "alf snip railway and space ani.ihilator,
but that he would scarcely believe 1t is his
invention some OF the papers have been talk
ing about.
The Transcript. which as fondly believed
to be the organ OF the too-good- for-earth peo-
pie OF Minneapolis, has apparently lost all in
terest 1t no longer pitches into crap
shooting. crack-ptching and other evil
practices, but wildly INDUCES in a few com
monplace platitudes of righteousness. This
KIND OF milk and water journalism will give
the truly good the fan-tods.
one OF the Minneapolis bootblacIs is at
present looked upon as "a coming millionaire
by all who know him. BY hard work he had
accumulated about 500, and some months
ago invested the whole amount in stock of
certain mine, whose shares were then selling
at very low figure. The lad when he pur-
chased the stock said he was going to wait for
rise Less than week ago he sold his
property for nearly $500, aud is now thinking
seriously of disseminating his humble calling
altogether and going into the mining business
on large scale. Milwaukee Mining Re-
porter
Col. G. D. Rogers has evidently been ac-
quainting himself with members of the legis-
lature, for he says: Railroad tariffs, inter
est rates on money, taxation theories insur-
ance regulations, what people shall eat aud
drink, and whether they would better gamble
In boards of trade or in bucket-shops are all
receiving great amount of faulty, if not act
ualy vicious attention. Most of these cause
unnecessary business uneasineSs. 1t is an easy
thing to hurt commerce with oficious legisla-
tive intermeddling. In most legislative bod
les the agony will soon be ended and the bulk
of members drop into the obscurity they are
better qualified to adorn."
Ii the worst comes, the GLOBE'S city staff
is IN possession of an accommodating set Of
boxing gloves which Revs. Dobbyn and Mer-
rlil may ind at their service at any moment.
This is the 107th consecutive day of fine
slelghing and the force OF the chinook is about
exhausted The attention of Capt Whitney,
K. T. Russell, William Cheney, Lac Stafford
and others of 1.-The oldest inhabitants'' is
deferentially called to this fact.
The university seniors are worrying over
who shall be officers on class day-who shall
sing the class ballad, who perpetrate the
prophecy and who write the doggerel. Or
perhaps-and the hope is earnestly expressed
that this may be cOrrect-they are fighting
over who shall not sing the class ballad, etc.
The rumor is denied, on authority that
Judge Houser and Judge Atwater contem-
plated organizing Young Mems Democratic
! club of Minnesota.
An advertiser in Minneapolis evening
paper wants housekeeper of commanding
height, for small family Just why she must
be commanding" i'll height is not stated.
| Yesterday afternoon lovely-looking little
lad entered the district court room and took q
seat. He sat there, staring at the janitors
who were sweeping out, for some time, and
then in thin, squeaky voice, asked: when
will one of the judges be in? want to see a
real live judge and see his fine linen and pur-
pie robes
Frank Kelly, the genial billiard man at the
Nicollet house, has more guests than that IA
nous hosiery. Every day they come, and
from early morning until after midnight they
hold down the chairs, so that play ers are COM
PEELED to sit on the tables when they want to
rest. But the visitors are harmless. Given
cuspidor within convenient range and
neighbor with fine cut or plug and Kely's
visitors may be trusted to find their own
amusement
Yesterday an Out-of-town man got shaved
at the Nicollet house barber shop, and when
the razorian artist had called Next he
handed his rural customer check with the
usual remark, PAY at the desk The man,
who was stopping at the Nicolet, went
through the hotel lobby to the clerks desk
and rendered the handsome Shelter Is cents
and the BARRIERS check. When John tumbled
| he sent the granger i'll the right direction